UEFA Seeks FIFA Answers on Infantino by November 2

UEFA has asked FIFA to provide written answers and supporting documents by November 2 about decisions made under president Gianni Infantino, including an abandoned investment proposal and the handling of a player’s disciplinary case. FIFA says it intends to respond to council members’ questions but has not committed to meeting UEFA’s deadline. The request was made in a letter dated October 19 from UEFA General Secretary Theodore Theodoridis to FIFA Secretary General Mattias Grafstrom on behalf of European members of the FIFA Council. It followed a council meeting in Zurich the previous week, where members raised questions with Infantino and were asked to submit them in writing. UEFA says the response should not wait until the council’s next scheduled meeting on December 16. Its letter asks for explanations of how decisions were reached, whether FIFA’s governing bodies were consulted and how possible conflicts of interest were assessed. The reported questionnaire covers 42 questions across 12 topics; one account includes supplementary questions and gives a higher total. A central subject is FIFA Forward Enterprise, or FFE, a proposal to create a company to manage commercial...